How to Unlock Bootloader on Moto E 2015

The old Moto E was launched back in May 2014 while Motorola was still owned by Google. The company has now been acquired by the Chinese tech giant Lenovo but the new owner seems to carry on the trend followed by Google. After the success of the original Moto E, Motorola has now released an upgraded version of the smartphone. Priced around $119 for the 3G and $136 for the 4G Lte variant, the Moto E 2015 packs together killer features to compete with its peers from other brands.

Moto E 2015 comes with Android Lollipop out of the box and has a locked bootloader. The good thing, however, is that the bootloader can easily be unlocked via the method provided on the official Motorola portal. Unlocked bootloader means that you can easily root the phone and flash a custom recovery using Fastboot as soon as it’s is available.

If you have the new Moto E and want to get ready to root and install CWM/TWRP recovery, you must be looking for a tutorial that guides you through the procedure safely. And, if that’s the case, we have come up with the steps that you need to take to get the job done.

Unlock Bootloader on Moto E 2015

Please note that unlocking the bootloader will wipe all data present on your device. We, therefore, strongly recommend you to take a backup of your entire device data, such as 3rd party apps, contacts, text messages, images, videos, etc.

Turn off the phone and then press and hold Volume down + Power buttons together.

Connect phone to computer, launch a command window, type the command given below and press the Enter key:

adb reboot bootloader

Now connect your Moto E to computer using the USB cable provided by the OEM.

Launch command prompt window:

If you have installed the Android SDK, go to android/sdk/platform-tools/ folder and launch a command prompt by pressing the Shift + Right mouse click and selecting Open command window here option.

In case you have downloaded Minimal ADB and Fastboot tool, unzip the file and open the extracted folder and launch the command window by by pressing the Shift + Right mouse click and selecting Open command window here option.

Type or copy/paste the following command in the cmd window:

fastboot oem get_unlock_data

You will get a return string in the command window. Copy it (Right click the mouse, select Mark option and then highlight the string by Shift+dragging the mouse, and then press Ctrl+C to copy).